U.S. Rep. Gregory Weldon Meeks, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs (meeks.house.gov) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Congressional members Wednesday condemned horrific reports of Malian troops and suspected Russian mercenaries allegedly executing about 300 people in central Mali, west Africa. Human Rights Watch said
Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara was a Burkinabé military officer, Marxist revolutionary, and pan-Africanist President of west African nation Burkina Faso. Sankara was assassinated in 1987. (Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Burkina Faso’s former president Blaise Compaoré was sentenced to life in prison
Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons fly over Afghanistan, March 17, 2020. (Credit: Air Force Tech. Sgt. Matthew Lotz) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – President Biden has proposed a record $813 million Defense budget, up 4 percent for the fiscal year 2023.